Charles



0. 0. BUELL.

BRACKET AND HOOK.

(No Model.)

. No. 564,468. Patented July 21, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLESO. BUELL, OF-NEl/V HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO HOBART B. IVES& CO., OF SAME PLACE.

BRACKET AND HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 564,468, dated July 21,1896. Application filed January 22, 1894. Serial No. 497,655, No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES O. BUELL, of New Haven, in the county of NewHaven, and in the State of Connecticut, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Brackets and Hooks; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in which.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a shelfbracket constructed inaccordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a like View of a clothes orharness hook embodying my invention.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in both figures.

Myinvention relates to shelf-brackets, clothes and harness hooks, 850.,made of wire, and it has for its object the provision of a constructionadmitting of easy and cheap manufacture, and yet possessing all neededstrength and rigidity.

To these ends said invention consists in the bracket or hook having theconstruction hereinafter specified.

In making a shelf-bracket a single piece of wire is employed, that isbent to form a triangle comprising the horizontal shelf-engaging part A,the Vertical part B, extending downward from the latter at a rightangle, and the diagonally-extending brace C. The latter is not carrieddirectly from the extremities of the parts A and B; but the wire ispreferably twisted several times at a and h,respectively, so that saidbrace starts from one part to the other a short distance from theirends.

The free ends of the wire are brought together in the brace C, and asthe length of the brace lies in the direction in which pressure isapplied by weight upon the part A it will be seen that this is the mostadvantageous situation for said ends, as there will be no tendency atall to separate either laterally orv by pulling apart lengthwise.

Preferably, to add to the finish and to prevent the ends of the wirefrom being accidentally gotten out of alinement, a closelyfitting tube Dis placed around the brace, that may extend either the whole lengththereof or only a short distance to each side of the wire ends.

For securing the bracket to a wall or other place and for the attachmentof the shelf to be supported, an angle-plate E is provided at the angleformed by the connection of the parts A and B, which is secured to eachof the latter by having each of its ends bent or folded from oppositesides around or over the adjacent portion thereof. I-Ioles e and eareprovided in each member of said plate on both sides of the parts A and Bfor the passage of fastening screws or nails, while to supplement saidplate E a hole or eye f is formed at the extremity of each part A and B,through which a screw or nail can be passed.

A clothes or harness hook embodying my invention is constructedprecisely similar to the bracket described, except that the twisted endsa and Z) are bent upward, as shown in Fig. 2, to form suitable hooks.

A bracket or hook made in accordance with my invention is strong andrigid, and is light in weight and economical in material and cost ofmanufacture, since but one piece of 7 5 wire is employed to form themain part. The angle attaching-plate E employed, by being extended overeach part A and B and secured to both, is firmly and rigidly held fromturning or twisting.

I am aware that in wire brackets or hooks a screw-sleeve has been usedto connect adjacent threaded ends of the wire forming the brace in suchway that the ends are held apart, and I therefore do not claim orint-end to cover by my claims herein such a con struction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A bracket or hookformed of a single piece of wire bent to form a horizontal and avertical portion, and a diagonal brace, the ends of the wire beingbrought together in the brace, so as to abut against each other, andbeing provided with means to hold them 5 in line with each other,substantially as and for the purpose shown.

2. A bracket or hook formed of a single piece of wire bent to form ahorizontal and a vertical portion and a diagonal brace, the loo ends ofthe wire being brought together, so as to abut endwise against eachother in the brace, and inolosed by a tube Which serves to keep them inline with each other, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A bracket or hook formed of a single piece of Wire, bent to form ahorizontal and a vertical portion, and a diagonal brace, and having atthe junction of the horizontal and vertical portions an angle-plate thathas the horizontal and vertical portions secured, respectively, to thehorizontal and vertical portions of the body of the bracket or hook, andis adapted to be secured to a Wall or other part, substantially as andfor the purpose described.

4. A bracket or hook formed of a single piece of Wire bent to form ahorizontal and a vertical portion and a diagonal brace, the

January, 1894.

CHARLES O; BUELL. Witnesses:

HOBART B. Ivns,

CHARLES KLEINER.

